Drawn Lines

Some people draw on walls, others draw lines on waves. As well as surfing her traditionally inspired longboard lines, my wife Katherine draws all kinds of lines on digital screens, paper, canvas, card, wood, surfboards and more.  She keeps some of these drawings in a cyber place called Drawn Lines.

The Downhill Run

The light is lingering longer after work, Summer will be here before we know it.

Silver Surfer Joes

Green & Gold

Nothing olympic related, just some green and gold beach scenes from a few weeks back. It was a great morning to be off work.

The Little Things

The stoke is often in the details for me, the incidental things I sometimes overlook are an irreplaceable part of going surfing.

Licorice Allsorts

Different days and ways.

Longboarders

Morning Racetrack

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah...

Water's Edge

The End Of Summer

Silvery Greenery

I often get a sensory overload looking around out in the surf, it's a big big part of the stoke for me.

Four Ways

Four surfers, four waves, four boards. Apologies for stating the bleedingly obvious. All good fun.

Katherine & Liquid Salt

Katherine's been featured on Liquid Salt this week. Have a read and a peek at some of her designs here. Old Salty's one she made a little while back for Azza from Sealegged Surfboards.

The Golden Hour

When all  the waves seem to come right to you and everything falls into place with no wobbly take-offs or bogged rails in sight. Those sessions don't happen too often for me, super stoked when they do though!

Different Colours

Some non blue scenery on and near the water's edge.

Tankers Ahoy!

Some larger ocean going vessels spotted around here.

True yew!

Kookbox

Time for eggs.

The Big Blue

Summer Scenes

Neoprene free, frangipani scented good times. They'll be here again soon enough.

Soupy

Sure it was a wind blown, soupy and messy, dog's breakfast kind of line up – but it was warm, sunny and uncrowded.

Water's Edge

Longboard Habit

Featuring the oh so smooth sliding of Mr Joel Tudor.

Morning Hues

From earlier in the year when I was luck enough to score a few classic early morning sessions.

The Trim Squat

I'm fond of the front on, in trim squat while longboarding myself. It doesn't work so well when I'm riding a shortboard though...

Cooler Times

Some brief moments in time as seen from the beaches around here during the cooler months.

Water's Edge

Tandem Surfing in 2012

From this year's Noosa Festival. I get a sore back just watching!

The Stubmaster

Sealegged's Azza Frost eating up some quiet winter walls on his stubby/boiled lolly model last year.

Ripple Riding

I'm sure I'm not the only one missing summer's warm water, but all in all the last summer was even lousier than usual for surf. Pretty much always a ripple for the longboarders though.

Mmmm

Long sand bottom peelers. Yes Please.

Water's Edge

Makaha

Makaha Surfing Championships.

Sun Shower

The end of Summer. Warm & sunny rip-bowl lefts. Great place to wash off the week.

Salty Fresh

I'm sure I've said it before on here, and I'm sure I'll say it again - it's a great way to start the day.

Thrills and Spills

All part of the fun.

Water's Edge

CJ

CJ Nelson, really good nose rider.

Longboarders

Azza, Hugh & Joni.

The Surfer's Garden

Now I don't want to over generalise or cast aspersions on the work ethic of all surfers... but I'm guessing that compared with the general population surfer's gardens and odd jobs like painting may be lingering on to-do lists for a little longer than other people's, if not languishing there for some time!

Lady In Black

Gliding along at her home break.

Water's Edge

Valla

You might remember my favourite board ever post from late last year, the board works as well as it does for good reason. Here's some insight into the passion and dedication the Joskes have for both their surfboards and surfing. Really well put together short from Mark Tipple.

Walkabout

Some incidental scenes and Hugh trimming at speed.

Head Dipping

Photo courtesy of my good mate Jason Smith. The board is a chunky little 5'10 single fin Azza of Sealegged fame shaped very early on in his board building career. It's a lot of fun, I really enjoy single fins.

Four Ways

Water's Edge

Super Glider

Four inches thick and Volon glassed, a 12 foot Californian longboard, ready for some serious trimming.

Orange

Same session as the second last post. It was actually a busy Saturday morning and the conditions were such that nearly every break on this stretch of coast would've been hosting some decent waves.

Incidental Things

Some of the scenery surrounding the surf.

Green Walls

A great start to the day, leaves a spring in your step for sure.

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One Wave

Ahh point surf, gotta love it.

Lady Logger

Early Autumn when most of the guys had already, and probably unnecessarily retreated to their steamers. 

Thanks Dan, I can now add that this lady logger is Nicole Maloney. Fine with a surfboard and fine with a pen. See what I mean here.

Sharing Is Caring?!

Sharing is caring. Well so some people say! It usually depends on the context though, like whether they're inside or outside you at the time... or how well you know them, or if you're both catching a wave to avoid one of the men in grey suits.

Easy Five

Kai's a young longboarder who puts it all together nice and smooth.

Water's Edge

Hangs Upon Nothing

Nice looking film, more emphasis on the journey than the destination although still some seriously good waves ridden.

Rock Hop